Notices by Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-trans-women-prisons

*Judge orders [Bureau of Prisons] to return two [trans-women] prisoners to women’s facilities.*

https://stallman.org/glossary.html#thug
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/09/changes-to-law-armed-police-uk-accountability-review
https://stallman.org/glossary.html#thug

It is not easy to convict a UK thug of manslaughter, let alone murder. But the current right-wing government plans to create more obstacles to make sure they won't be convicted. In addition, it will declare the accused thug's identity a secret.

[2/2] countries who were suspected of wanting to stay without permission, but Trump has decided to give allies a taste of hatred. It is legitimate for the US to deny entry to visitors (unless they are entitled to asylum), but it is never justified to torture them for asking to visit or live in the US.

[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/germany-investigates-after-national-with-green-card-arrested-at-us-border

The US has displayed recently a pattern of cruelty toward Europeans trying to enter with visas, or even with permanent residence. Some of the victims had mad mistakes, while others do not seem to have done anything even slightly wrong. They have been subject to various forms of torture. I suppose that this treatment was formerly reserved for immigrants from poor

US citizens: phone your congresscritter and senators and call on them to protect SNAP (food stamps) and other federal nutrition programs. If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/20/glacier-meltdown-risks-food-and-water-supply-of-2bn-people-says-un

*Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2bn people, says UN. Two-thirds of all irrigated agriculture in the world is likely to be affected in some way by receding glaciers and dwindling snowfall in mountain regions,*

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-court-order-immigration-constitutional-crisis
https://stallman.org/glossary.html#saboteur

*Conservative former federal judge says Trump has "declared war" on US rule of law.* This may influence judges appointed before the saboteur's first term who considered themselves "conservative" and still do.

[3/3] to kill for mere advantage.

[2/3] Palestinians are told to flee to "safe" areas. In the past, those "safe" areas were not always really safe. One difference is that, where Biden tried to avoid talking about the military support for Israel's atrocities, the wrecker treats the carnage as legitimate. *Israeli protesters say airstrikes are "cover" for Benjamin Netanyahu to keep power.* Morally, that criticism is too weak to do justice to Netanyahu's campaign of death. But it will help make the world aware that he is ready

[1/3] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/19/our-hopes-are-gone-gaza-faces-fresh-devastation-as-ceasefire-collapses
https://stallman.org/archives/2023-sep-dec.html#2_December_2023_(Attacks_could_leave_people_fleeing)
https://stallman.org/glossary.html#wrecker
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/israeli-protesters-say-airstrikes-are-cover-for-benjamin-netanyahu-to-keep-power

Israel has ended the temporary cease-fie in Gaza, resuming the bombardment and siege. Once again

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/20/musk-doge-social-security

*Judge blocks Elon Musk's gang from accessing social security records* with a temporary court order. I think this means that the legality of its access to those records is still undecided, but the order aims to prevent permanent harm from occurring before that final decision.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/elon-musk-doge-usaid-shutdown-ruling

A federal judge ordered the government to undo its destruction of USaid and reinstate its workers with whatever they need so they could resume their work. He did not order the agency to resume distributing aid now. That depends, it seems, on a final decision which has not been made now.

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/18/dea-hemisphere-phone-data-collection-surveillance/

*DEA Insiders Warned About Legality of Phone Tracking Program. Their Concerns Were Kept Secret.* This surveillance program, which still continues, tracks cell phone locations and who calls whom. It can track any cell phone the DEA wants to track.

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-of-trumps-descent-into-dictatorship

Robert Reich on the illegal firing of the FTC commissioners.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/us-institute-of-peace-doge
https://stallman.org/glossary.html#thug
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/institute-peace-lawsuit-trump-doge

The president has no authority over the US Institute of Peace, and no authority to change its board or executives, but his henchmen claim to have done so and took over its building with the help of thugs. *US Institute of Peace sues Trump administration to block Doge takeover.*

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/19/18f-tech-federal-workers-musk-trump-doge/
https://stallman.org/glossary.html#corrupter

*Musk Is Firing Federal Workers Who Prevent Bloated Tech Contracts.* One must wonder if this is to help him get bloated tech contracts. The corrupter doesn't wish to reduce government waste, rather to direct it to his friends.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/19/ben-jerrys-unilever-ceo-ince-cream-david-stever

*Ben & Jerry’s claims Unilever ousted its CEO for his progressive stance.* When I read this, I checked to see if it were fro The Onion. No such luck - it is a factual article.

https://theonion.com/new-federal-law-mandates-women-talk-with-baby-voice/

(satire) *New Federal Law Mandates Women Talk With Baby Voice.*

[3/3] temporary shutdown to destroy parts of the government. Before dismissing that as ridiculous, I'd like to see exactly hat he was referring to. It could conceivably be true: the shutdown could conceivably enable them to do other kinds of destruction with their Disgusting and Outrageous Government Evisceration. I would not take Schumer's word for that, but it may be true, so we should listen to what he means. The Project 2025 planners planned their destruction carefully.

[2/3] permanently destroy important parts of the government, it makes no sense to respond by approving that damage to avoid lesser damage. Make the Republicans eat the shutdown! I've suspected for years that part of the reason Schumer leads the Democratic Party is rich people's campaign support for various Democratic elected officials. But I can't cite any proof of that. However, Schumer said something that I think we should investigate: he said that Republicans would be able to use a